Fundraising

Golfers have helped regulars at a Spalding pub raise over £1,500 for charity. The “Inkey” Memorial Golf Day was held by Lincoln Arms regulars at Gedney Hill Golf Course recently in memory of Paul Inkley.Eddie Rhodes won the tournament which raised £1,550 to make it £8,675 over its six years of running.Organiser Steve Smith said: “Thanks to everyone. It was ...

Teddy bears of all shapes and sizes could be found at a popular picnic in Spalding at the weekend. Ayscoughfee Gardens was packed with everyone’s favourite soft toy to help raise money for next year’s Flower Parade.The parade’s Deputy Ambassador Holly Kendrick was on hand to help judge the bears.An array of traditional games were part of the fun in ...

A Spalding man is to join work colleagues in jumping from a plane. Tom Gosling who works for Hughes Electrical will be sky diving over Beccles in Suffolk on August 26.It’s all in aid of The Benjamin Foundation, which provides support for the homeless and young people around East Anglia.Hughes has regularly raised money for the charity with senior manager ...

The Spalding Lions have donated £200 to a Spalding institution. A spokesman for the club said: “Members voted to present The Friends of Chain Bridge Forge with a donation to help them to continue with their aim of preserving the site as a living museum.“Lions Julie Grant and Trevor Gilliatt presented Geoff Taylor and Ryan Atkin with a cheque to ...

A Saracen’s Head swimmer has swum the equivalent of the English Channel. Harriet Tuckett completed 44 miles (2,900 lengths) of the Castle Sports Swimming Pool to raise money in aid of Diabetes UK.The feat had to be done over 12 weeks so Harriet swam two miles every other day.“I love swimming and I grew up in Spain, so I have ...

A local charity is going international with its latest campaign as it looks to help parents with babies in a war zone. Ella’s Project, set up by Mark Le Sage and named after his daughter, has teamed up with Boxes of Hope and Lincolnshire County Council’s Children’s Services, and is looking for donations of powdered baby formula, baby wipes and ...

Four friends from Spalding have raised over £2,500 by completing the Three Peaks Challenge. Elliott Lea (23), Connor Lewis (25), Josh Clarke (22) and Jamie Bingham (25) climbed Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon within 24 hours recently.They were driven around by Conor Price who climbed the final peak in Wales with them.They completed the challenge to raise money for ...

A keen cyclist is taking on a mammoth challenge to raise money in memory of his nephew. Mark Necus is taking part in the London to Brighton Cycle Ride on Sunday raising funds for Rethink Mental Illness.Mark’s nephew Adam Jackson, who was well known on the South Holland football scene, took his own life in March. He was 34 and ...

There’s ten projects set to receive a share of £4.9m in the latest round of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund allocated to the South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership, of which South Holland is a partner. Those receiving the money that work in this area include the Lincolnshire Community Foundation – Levelling Up Community Grants Programme which is to match ...

A wildlife sanctuary has received a donation for £2,500 from a local friendship group. Outgoing chairman of the Nene and Welland Oddfellows friendship group, Elaine Brown, handed over the cheque, having chosen the Exotic Pet Refuge in Deeping St James as her charity of the year.The money has been raised through a number of events, including raffles, car boot sales ...

A Holbeach woman is to mark what would have been her life-long friend’s 21st birthday by taking a huge leap for a road safety charity Abby Wright is to take on a skydive in memory of Amy Cooper who died last November when she was knocked from her motorcycle by a disqualified driver.Abby is jumping from the plane on July ...

A regular fundraiser has given another £528.50 to Jerry Green Dogs Rescue by opening her doors for a special event on Sunday, June 4. Ann Gregory has raised over £33,000 thanks to the event where people were invited to enjoy cakes and a chat at her Boston Road South home in Holbeach. The £528 doesn’t include that figure, with donations ...

A group of charity walkers raised more than three times their target with an event for Macmillan Cancer Support. The four friends signed up to walk a marathon distance of 26.2 miles and they managed it in eight hours.The four mums, Lucy Day, Sarah Storey, Katie Lacey and Hayley Hammond met when their sons joined primary school.They initially aimed for ...

A Holbeach woman who has raised over £32,000 for an animal charity is opening her home for another fundraising event. Ann Gregory of 90 Boston Road South in Holbeach is hosting a coffee morning for Jerry Green Dog Rescue on Sunday, June 4 from 11am to 2pm alongside husband Malc.Ann said: “Among the items being served will be coffee, teas ...

A volunteer fundraising group, which supports an end of life charity, is calling on more people to help. The Spalding Fundraising Group for Marie Curie has raised £32,034.79 since its formation.Chairman John Moses said: “Our group organises collections, as well as supporting major fundraising campaigns such as the Great Daffodil Appeal. We would love to put on some events in ...

Bellway has helped a church in Pinchbeck raise money for the Ukraine Crisis Appeal by sponsoring the concert at its annual flower festival. The homebuilder, which is building at Pinchbeck Fields, donated £400 towards the event at St Mary’s Church.Stamford Gilbert and Sullivan Players performed to an audience of more than 70 people, with proceeds allowing a donation of £200 ...

A group of friends and relatives are taking on a number of fundraising efforts for Macmillan. Peas in a Pod comprising Johanne Seymour, James Cairns, James Davey, Maik Kunath, Sasi Phairueang and Rachel, Rose, Katie, Charlotte and Harriet Berry, took on the Race For Life at Peterborough wearing mouse ears and pink hair dye.Johanne, from Spalding, said: “We got to ...

LIVES emergency care has thanked the Pinchbeck Village Hall committee for a recent donation.A cheque for £500, raised at a charity event at the hall was donated to the charity.Pictured are Chris Schofield (hall chairman), Alan Hansard (organiser), Trevor Wright and Annie Wakeford, of LIVES organisation.Chris knows how important the LIVES first responders are, as when he suffered a heart ...

A team of mums has been pounding the streets for the last six months in preparation for a 26 mile walk to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer. Lucy Day, Sarah Storey, Katie Lacey and Hayley Hammond met when their sons joined a local primary school and are to walk 26 miles to raise money for the charity.All four ladies enjoy ...

A Sutton Bridge man is spending his last months enjoying his pride and joy train set after a huge community effort. Clive Forder has been given four to six months to live due to a tumour in his lung which has also now spread to his lymph nodes.The former bus driver and supermarket worker has also had a bleed on ...